Olympicsnell

2026 Week 8 (23 Feb -01 Mar) Results:
 
 
Aquatics - Diving:
World Aquatics 2026 Diving World Cup I (26 Feb - 01 Mar) - There were a couple of podium finishes for Team GB in Montreal.
Ben Cutmore and Euan McCabe took bronze in the Men's 10m Synchro with a score of 399.12 - 1.29 points behind  in second and 70.11 behind champions . It was the same podium line up in the Men's 3m Synchro with Anthony Harding teaming up with Jack Laugher for bronze with 393.66 behind  (441.63) and  (461.37). In the Women's 3m Synchro, Scarlett Mew Jensen and Yasmin Harper were well down the field in 7th with score of 270.84.
 
In the individual events, Euan McCabe was 5th in the Men's 10m Platform with score of 452.70 around 46 points off the podium.  In the Men's 3m Springboard, Ross Haslam was down in 10th place with score of 433.05 - over 50 points adrift of the podium places.  Jordan Houlden dropped his 4th round dive in qualifying resulting in 0 score putting pay to his hopes of qualifying for the final. Yasmin Harper finished in 24th place in the Women's 3m Springboard with score of 230.70 and failed to progress to the final.  
 
 
Badminton:
YONEX German Open (24 Feb - 01 Mar) - Harry Huang was the only Brit in the men's singles and exited in the first round after a 21-17 11-21 18-21 defeat at the hands of 4th seed  Chun-Yi Lin.
 
Kirsty Gilmour's time in Mulheim an der Ruhr was also short lived. She withdrew from her second-round match whilst trailing 4th seed  Tomoka Miyazaki 19-21 9-13 having seen off  Manami Suizu 21-7 21-13 in the first round of the women's singles. 
 
All 4  pairings in the men's doubles were given tough draws against seeded opponents and all 4 pairing fell in the first round. Oliver Butler and Samuel Jones lost 8th seeds  Junaidi Arif and Roy King 14-21 12-21. Alexander Dunn and Adam Pringle lost to 5th seed  Hsian Chieh Chiu and Chi-Lin Wang 13-21 11-21. Alex Green and Zach Russ came through qualifying before losing to 6th seeds  Bo Yang Chen and Yi Liu 10-21 11-21. Finally, Christopher and Matthew Grimley lost to 7th seed  Jhe-Huei Lee and Po-Hsuan Yang 16-21 15-21. 
 
In the women's doubles, Julie Macpherson and Ciara Torrance were another casualty in the first round - losing to  Kirsten De Wit and Meerte Loos 19-21 19-21. Abbygael Harris and Lizzie Tolman also fell in the first rounf, losing 17-21 21-18 18-21 to  Simona Pilgaard and Signe Schulz.
Lisa Curtin and Sian Kelly advanced to round 2 with a 21-16 11-21 21-16 win over  Nikol Carulla and Carmen Maria Jimenez before losing 8-21 4-21 to  Yi Duo Wang and Yi Jing Li. 
 
The results in the mixed doubles were at least a bit more positive. Alexander Dunn and Julie Macpherson got to the quarter finals taking out  Oleksii Titov and Yevheniia Kantemyr and 2nd seed  Xin Wa Guo and Fang Hui Chen on the way before falling to 8th seed  Mads Vestergaard and Christine Busch 11-21 18-21. 
Callum Hemming and Estelle Van Leeuwen got to the second round with a 21-17 21-14 win over  Rasmus Espersen and Amalie Cecilie Kudsk before losing to 7th seeds  Xing Cheng and Chi Zhang 15-21 17-21. Finally, Samuel Jones and Lizzie Tolman and Oliver Butler and Abbygael Harris both lost in the first round. 
 
 
Basketball:
2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifying (27-Feb) -  sit bottom of Group D after the first four matches in the qualifying competition. In a double header against ,  went down to a 57-93 defeat at home followed by a 75-84 loss in the away tie
 
 
Cycling - Road:
Omloop Nieuwsblad (28 Feb) - Robert Donaldson was the highest placed Brit in 34th place, just ahead of Ben Turner in 37th. Tom Pidcock was over 2 minutes off the pace in 48th place. Lewis Askey finished in the points in 59th place. Fred Wright was down the field in 80th almost 10 minutes off the pace. Ben Swift, Sean Flynn, Noah Hobbs, Matthew Brennan and Sam Watson all failed to finish. 
 
Cat Ferguson was just off the podium in 4th place 21 seconds behind eventual winner Demi Vollering. Millie Couzens was in 8th. Flora Perkins was in 25th, just ahead of Imogen Wolff in 27th.  Anna Henderson in 40th; Zoe Backstedt in 42nd and Josie Nelson in 43rd all finished in the points. Elynor Backstedt was well down the field in 106th whilst Carys Lloyd was DNF.  
 
Faun-Ardeche Classic (28-Feb) - Three Brits finished in the points with Ben Tulett in 13th place; Simon Carr in 18th and Bjorn Koerdt in 28th. Lukas Nerurkar was down in 46th; Mark Donovan in 52nd, just ahead of Thomas Gloag in 53rd. 
 
Faun Drome Classic (01-Mar) - Lukas Nerurkar finished in 9th place whilst Bjorn Koerdt was in 19th. Simon Carr was well down the field in 107th with Oliver Stockwell in 126th. The rest of the Brits - William Smith, Thomas Gloag and Ben Tullett all failed to finish. 
 
 
Equestrian - Jumping:
FEI Jumping World Cup: Helsinki (26 Feb - 01 Mar) - Robert Whitaker retired in round 1.
 
 
Fencing:
European Junior Championships (24-27 Feb) -
Men's Epee: Tristan Lumineau took bronze in the individual event.  Cheney Zhu finished in 31st with Cador Beautyman in 47th and Fin Bennet in 97th. As a team they finished in 9th place overall.
Men's Foil: David Sosnov took gold with Mohammed Belbouab taking silver. Callum Penman finished in 6th with David Kelly in 21st. There was disappointment that the team couldn't defend their team title and had to settle for bronze.  
Men's Sabre: John White and Eiger Swinsow finished in 60th and 61st respectively. Joe Evans was in 74th with Guy Lumsden in 80th. As a team, they placed 14th overall.
Women's Epee: Emma Mitzova was the highest placed Brit in 51st, just ahead of Harriet Hillier in 54th and Kseniya Kushtan in 60th. Olivia Eadie was well down the field in 85th. As a team, they finished down in 19th place. 
Women's Foil: Amelie Tsang took bronze with Megan Elliott in 32nd. Zoe Wagstaff was down in 55th with Rachael Adams in 70th. As a team, they achieved 6th place overall. 
Women's Sabre: Maya Sutton finished in 26th with Keira D-Sallows in 29th; Hui Xin Sezille in 37th and Ava Davies down in 52nd.  As a team, they placed 12th overall. 
 
 
Golf:
LPGA: HSBC Women's World Championship (26 Feb-01 Mar) - Mimi Rhodes, Charley Hull and Lottie Woad were all in a tie for 10th place on -6 whilst Gemma Dryburgh was +1 in 47th. 
 
Ladies European Tour: Ford Women's NSW Open (26 Feb-01 Mar) - Charlotte Heath was in 4th place on -13 with Caley McGinty in 5th on -12. Chloe Williams in a tie for 20th on -8 with Hannah Screen in 33rd on -5. -4 was enough for a tie for 37th for Meghan MacLaren. Cara Gainer was in 45th on -3. Lydia Hall and Annabell Fuller were on -2 in tie for 49th. Luca Thompson and Gemma Clews were tied for 56th on +1. 
 
Esme Hamilton, Kelsey Macdonald, Alice Hewson, Amy Taylor, Lily May Humphreys, Darcey Harry, Hannah Darling, Gabriella Cowley all missed the cut.
 
PGA: Cognizant Classic (26 Feb-01 Mar) - Aaron Rai and Jordan Smith were in a tie for 23rd on -7. Matt Wallace was -4 in 40th along with Dan Brown. John Parry's +2 was enough for 63rd. Paul Waring and Danny Willett missed the cut.   
 
DPT: Investec South African Open (26 Feb-01 Mar)  - Eddie Pepperell finished in 5th place on -10. Ewen Ferguson and Nathan Kimsey finished in tie for 9th on -7.  -6 was a tie for 14th for Alex Fitzpatrick and Joe Dean. Matthew Jordan and Calum Hill were in tie for 20th on -5 with Todd Clements on -4 in 24th. -3 was enough for 29th place for Marcus Armitage, Andy Sullivan and Scott Jamieson. Sam Bairstow was the last of the Brits in 43rd on -2. Dan Bradbury, Connor Syme, Ben Schmidt, Richie Ramsay, Jamie Rutherford, Rhys Enoch and Will Enefer all missed the cut.  
 
 
Shooting:
European Championships 10m (27 Feb-05 Mar): 5 athletes have been announced in the  team to compete in Yerevan :
Seonaid McIntosh was down in 21st place in the women's 10m air rifle qualifying whilst Ruth Mwadumba was in 64th place. 
Dean Bale finished in 60th place in the men's 10m air rifle qualifying.
 
James Miller finished in 29th place in the men's 10m air pistol qualifying. Charlotte Hicks was 18th in the women's 10m air pistol qualifying. 
 
In the mixed team events, McIntosh and Bale teamed up in the mixed 10m air rifle team and finished in 20th place whilst Hicks and Miller teamed up in the rifle event and finished 10th place.
 
 
Squash:
McMillan Goodfellow Classic 2026 (24-28 Feb): Greg Lobban was the top seed and made it to the semifinals before losing to eventual champion  Yahya Elnawasany 11-9 6-11 5-11 6-11.
Both 6th seed Adrian Waller and 7th seed Rory Stewart had would lose in the second round along with Simon Herbert and Perry Malik.
 
Emyr Evans and Tom Walsh exited in the first round.  
 
Steel City Open (25 Feb-01 Mar): Georgina Kennedy was the 2nd seed and lived up to her ranking, finishing as runner up to top seed  Satomi Watanabe 9-11 5-11 6-11. Watanabe also defeated 4th seed Jasmine Hutton in the semifinals 11-5 11-5 11-6. 
 
Saran Nghiem made it to the quarterfinals whilst Alicia Mead lost in the first round.
 
 
Taekwondo:
Bulgarian Open 2026 (27 Feb):
Men's -54Kg: Thomas Bailey appears to have lost in the first round. 
Men's -58Kg: Alexander Sherratt finished in 3rd place whilst Zack Sarsoza was runner-up. 
Men's -68Kg: Matthew Howell appears to have lost in the first round. 
Men's -80Kg: Dantrell Knight-Mitchell and Zak Angell got to the round of 16. Sohrab Alipour appears to have lost in the first round. 
Men's +87Kg: Caden Cunningham finished in 3rd place.
Women's -49Kg: Phoenix Goodman got to the round of 16.
Women's -53Kg: Jodie McKew appears to have lost in the first round. 
Women's -57Kg: Ava Bett appears to have lost in the first round whilst Teigan Smith exited in the round of 32. 
Women's -62Kg: Both Beth Christy and Neve McPhillie appear to have lost in the first round
Women's -67Kg: Chloe Roberts got to the round of 16 whilst Courtney Kramoh appears to have lost in the first round.
Women's -73Kg: Ruby Mackay appears to have lost in the first round.
Women's +73Kg: Lauren Williams was defeated in the quarterfinals. 
 
 
Tennis:
WTA500 Merida Open (23Feb - 01Mar):  Katie Boulter continues her climb back up the women's rankings. This week she defeated  Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-4 6-4 in the first round, before progressing to the quarterfinals when  Camila Osorio was forced to withdraw. It was a great match, but ultimately Jasmine Paolini was able to end Boulter's 7 match winning streak 0-6 6-3 6-3.
Heather Watson returned to the tour after long layoff due to injury. She safely navigated the qualifying draw before losing to 7th seed  Jessica Bouzas Maneiiro 3-6 1-6.
 
WTA250 ATX Open (23Feb - 01Mar):  Fran Jones returned to the tour for first time since retiring in her Australian Open first round match. She was facing 4th seed  Peyton Stearns and went down to a 6-3 3-6 2-6 loss.
 
ATP500 Dubai Duty Free Tennis championships (23-28 Feb) - Jack Draper made his return to the tour in Dubai. Seeded 4, he dispatched  Quentin Halys 7-6 6-3 in the first-round but couldn't repeat that performance in the round of 16 where he fell to  Arthur Rinderknech 6-7 7-6 4-6. Jan Choinski came close to qualifying for the main draw but came up just short against Giovanni Mpetshi-Perricard in the final qualifying round. 
 
In the doubles, Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool were the top seeds and got through to the semifinals where they lost to eventual champions and 3rd seeds Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten 4-6 6-7. Given the difficulties the finalists had in getting out of Dubai, perhaps the rest of the Brits don't have too many regrets about exiting the tournament early. 
 
ATP500 Albierto Mexicano Telcel Presented By HSBC (23-28 Feb) - Cam Norrie was the 7th seed and fell in the first round to  Wildcard Rafael Jodar 6-3 6-2. 

captain misery in the house

there is 0% chance of a funding drop in our second best winter sport

Will not start before 21.00 CET

Excellent skeleton results so far this season. 5 golds and 9 medals from 9 races. The men are racing tomorrow, but the Women now have a short Christmas break before the season resumes in Winterberg in Germany on January 2nd.
 
On the women's side, currently GB are occupying the second of the two slots for 3 Olympic qualifiers, which would be an amazing achievement given the men's squad have been comparatively stronger the last olympic cycle.
 
The way the qualifying system works is the top two nations with the 3rd highest ranked athlete are allocated 3 quotas.  are almost certainly going to take one of those slots, leaving GB in a battle to secure the second.
 
Currently GB's 3rd ranked athlete is Freya Tarbit in 12th on 488 points.
The 's 3rd best is on 440 in 19th, although I believe she has more minor races counting towards her ranking which should be outweighed by world cup points.
 no 3 is ranked 26th on 348.
 
Behind that the competition drops off rather steeply.
 
GB are in a good position and I hope they take all 3 quotas, as all 3 athletes are capable of medalling on their day. I will note however, that the next tracks are much more drivers tracks, so the start boost of the British athletes may not be a beneficial, but the same will be of the Chinese and Americans.

Women get their 2027 EuroBasket qualifying campaign underway with 3 matches coming up in the next week or so.
 
On Wednesday, they will face  in Manchester before travelling to Vienna next Saturday to face  and then Bergen on the following Tuesday to take on .
 
EuroBasket 2027 will be key qualifying route for LA Olympics and whilst they shouldn't have any great difficulty getting through to the second qualifying round - GB are the top seed in their group and only need to finish in the top 2 to progress - hopefully they are able to put in stronger performances than they did in last year's tournament. 

So the World Track final total was 14 medals overall 4G 8S 3B, and in a really good place with the Olympic Qualifying cycle starting with the 2026 World Cups.

is there anything more dangerous on two wheels than a womens madison race

is there anything more dangerous on two wheels than a womens madison race

is there anything more dangerous on two wheels than a womens madison race

5 individual medals was exactly the same as Paris, despite injuries to two of GBs best prospects, Caudrey and Kerr. Hunt's medal was a revelation, wightman's a vindication, while KJT's felt a bit valedictory, although O'Dowda had an excellent two days - the big news out of it, however, was the continued rise of Anna Hall and Kate O'Conner - the event felt very much like a signal for the end of what has been the Nafi-KJT era, or even the Nafi-KJT-Ennis era if you want to go all the way back to 2009.
 
The relays were the issue. They were, let's be honest, appalling. I could be mistaken, but as i understand it MHS has some mental issues that make relays a bit of an ordeal unless he runs first leg. The wheels certainly came off at this champs, but if they are coming off, this is the champs for it to happen. I would still add Charlie Dobson to your list for this cycle, in a similar position to Burgin. I would add Amber Anning to that.
 
I have felt like we're on the downslope with both Daryll and Dina for a while now. I'm not sure how in love with the sport Dina is any more, her other passions seem to be asserting themselves, and the move to America really only set her back, after enjoying the culture to begin with. Daryll has not had a great couple of years, and Imani seems to be an injury casualty now. That generation may have had its time, not unlike the great Gemili-Hughes-Mitchell-Blake cycle a few years earlier...

In the 70s and 80s the West Indies team were massively better than any other team in the world and would beat India, Australia and England easily.
Today they lost in humiliating fashion to Nepal

Good old self-confidence: 87,192

And STILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL reigning and defending champions of europe beating austria, who rocked them at the world games competition a couple of months back, 

The men finished 4th 

england v germany euro finals would be higher than that (he says without checking anything)

Tough racing in Kigali - because it is a mega-criterium, riders that fall off the back of the peloton are just yanked into the pits to watch on TV.  
 
Chladoňova crashes in the worst possible place.
 
40k to go only 20 or so left.
 
Aussie girl has gears stuck.  "Tough luck, mate, only one spare bike & it ain't for you!" says mech.  

quick reminder that this guy doesn't know what he's talking about, whinges when we don't take world ranking athletes, then whinges when we do and surprise surprise they don't make finals (because there's a reason we only took them on rankings)

of course im not a bird.
 
(is also something a bird would say)

Everyone's tactic worked, well done.

of course im not a bird.
 
(is also something a bird would say)

Is there something you’re not telling us? Are you perhaps, a bird?